Knife handle



C. MILLER KNIFE HANDLE Feb. 16, 1954 Filed Dec. 4, 1950 I I. VIII villi Car/as Mil/er INVENTOR.

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A norm Patented Feb. 16, 1 954 UNITED- STATES OFFICE carlos Mill'er, Nogales,.Ariz. Application December 4, 1950,:SeriaYNo. 1981995 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a handle designed to hold tightly in place a small blade to provide a very simple sharp utility knife utilizable in homes, ofiices, and shops.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a knife handle consisting of two plates with a simple means for removably retaining the plates together so that a small blade can be frictionally retained between the plates and extend from one end thereof. The means securing the plates together prevents endwise as well as longitudinal relative movement between the plates, so that the blades can be retained at all times in a fixed position. The handle is further constructed in such a manner as to permit pressure of the fingers on opposite longitudinal edges of the handle so that the plates making up the handle can be readily separated for the removal and replacement of the blades.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated, by way of example only, in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially in the plane of section line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially in the plane of section line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken substantially in the plane of section line 44 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a plan view of one of the plates;

and

Figure 6 is a plan view of the other plate.

Specific reference will now be made to the drawings. In the several views, in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification, similar reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

The handle of the present invention is generally indicated at land includes a first elongated metallic plate l2 and a second elongated metallic plate M of approximately the same dimensions. Adjacent the upper end I6 of the first plate, the longitudinal edges t8 and 20 are provided with lateral, oppositely extending lugs 22 and 24, while the bottom edge 26 of the plate is provided with a longitudinal extension 28 adjacent the longitudinal edge l8, as shown clearly in Figure 5. The longitudinal edge [8 of the plate is further provided with a finger-engaging cut-out portion intermediate the upper and lower ends of the plate the same isprovided witha recess 46.

When the plates are assembled together, a small utility blade All is positioned between the plates and extends out of the upper ends 16 and 34' of the plates, as shown clearly in the drawings. The lateral lugs 22 and 24 are bent toward each other to embrace the longitudinal edges 35 and 38 of the second plate l4 and secure the upper ends of the plates together to apply frictional pressure to retain the blades 43. The longitudinal extensions 28 and 42 are bent around the lower edges 40 and 26 of the plates l4 and [2, respectively, to prevent relative longitudinal movement between the plates. The detent 32 is yieldingly received in the recess 46. Finger pressure "on thelongitudinal edges 20 and 36 of the plates [2 and I4. through the finger-receiving recesses 30 and 44. will urge the detent 32 out of the recess 46 and permit the two plates I 2 and 4 to slide free of each other whereupon they may be separated to remove and replace the utility blades 48. It is evident, therefore, that the handle of the present invention is simple in construction and design, inexpensive, and easy to manipulate for the retention and removal of a utility blade.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is as follows: a

A knife handle comprising separate and individual first and second elongated perfectly flat plates having upperand lower ends, means for removably retaining the plates together to frictionally hold a blade between and extending from their upper ends, said means including a pair of longitudinally spaced lugs on opposite longitudinal edges of said first plate and situated adjacent to the upper end of said first plate, said lugs being bent inwardly toward each other and providing assembling and retaining hooks releasably embracing the upper end of said second plate, a longitudinal extension at the lower end of said first plate and adjacent to one longitudinal side, said extension being bent and hooked over the lower end of said second plate and a longitudinal extension at the lower end of said second plate, adjacent to the opposite longitudinal edge, said extension being bent into hook-shape and releasably engaged over the lower end of said first plate said bent extensions serving to prevent relative longitudinal movement of said plates, a detent in said first plate intermediate the upper and lower ends yieldably seatable in a corresponding recess in said second plate, finger-receiving cut-out portions in said longitudinal edges of said plates adjacent said bent extensions, whereby pressure may be applied to move the detent out of the recess and to thus assist in the separation of the plates.

CARLOS MILLER.

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